I've downloaded the OpenQuant demo and it seems to be a very promising product. When can we expect the final version? What types of orders are supported by OpenQuant? Is is possible to send trailing orders to a brocker? Can it "simulate" trailing orders locally if a brocker does not support such orders? Thanks, Larry.
Hi, a production release of OpenQuant is available, though we are constantly adding new features following customer requests. Supported order types (simulation and live modes) : market, limit, stop, stoplimit. OCA groups are either sent to brokers supporting OCA (IB) or managed by internal order manager. Regards, Anton
Hi Anton, Does OQ support any kind of "monitors" that simulate trailing stop orders? Is there an object that allows me to close a position if it is opened during 2 hours for example? What kind of risk management functionality is provided by OpenQuant? Thanks, Larry.
Hi, sorry for late reply. Yes, OpenQuant supports all kinds of internal stops, including time stops. You can also use trailing stop orders supported by IB. Regards, Anton
I'm a little confused. Is Openquant written in C# with the .NET platform SDK or VB.NET ? Or are there 2 platforms being maintained ? Other than the obvious syntax differences between the languages, are there any other differences like performance for instance ?
Anton, If I use OpenQuant with Esignal, can OpenQuant collect time and sales data from the Esignal datamanager for use in backtesting? Runningbear
Yes, it can. You can capture realtime data into historical database winthin a strategy. You should have eSinal desktop API to connect to eSignal from OpenQuant. You can also download historical time and sales from eSignal with OpenQuant. Regards, Anton
eSig's DeskTop API is a might skittish here and there to say the least... a rock solid way to collect T&S data from eSignal is QCollector... i have no connection with them besides being a paying user... http://www.mechtrading.com/ good luck... cj... HAVE STOP <img src="http://www.enflow.com/p.gif"> WILL TRADE